Ancient Middle East


Oriental Antiquities.



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Two archaic bronze figurines (one of them Baal?),      
one seems to be laughing and wears a crown. 19th BCE   
H: 8,8 cm                                              
Inv. H 543                                             
H 543
#08020170

Two archaic bronze figurines (one of them Baal?), one seems to be laughing...

Couple in a bed. Terracotta model with figurative      
relief. Erotic representation. Precise provenience     
unknown, probably Tello, Iraq                          
11.3 x 5.5 cm                                          
AO 8662
#080202 1

Couple in a bed. Terracotta model with figurative relief. Erotic represent...

Couple.                                                
Terracotta relief (beginning 2nd millenium BCE)        
from Tello, Mesopotamia                                
11.5 x 5.8 cm                                          
AO 15 178
#080202 2

Couple. Terracotta relief (begin...

Couple facing each other.                              
Terracotta relief                                      
from Tello, Mesopotamia                                
11 x 6.4 cm, 1.7 cm thick                              
AO 16 676
#080202 3

Couple facing each other. Terracotta relief...

Terracotta fragment of a female statue.                
Inlaid collier. Alabaster, onyx, pearls,               
turquoise, gilded copper (early 3rd millenium BCE)     
from Tello, Mesopotamia                                
4.4 x 2.8 x 3.9 cm - AO 298
#080202 4

Terracotta fragment of a female statue. Inlaid collier. Alabaste...

View towards Tel Mardikh (across watermelon fields).
Background: central acropolis, ring of ramparts of Ebla
The tell of Ebla is about 70 km south of Aleppo.
#080202 5

View towards Tel Mardikh (across watermelon fields). Background: central acropol...

Standing stone and slab altar                          
in the Great Temple D on the                           
Acropolis of Ebla, Syria.                              
(Middle Bronze Age)
#080202 6

Standing stone and slab altar in the Great Temple D on...

Inner area of Tel Mardikh, Syria
The high ground in the distance
is the Acropolis of Ebla.
#080202 7

Inner area of Tel Mardikh, Syria The high ground in the distance is the Acropoli...

Southwest gate of Ebla. Large orthostats
flanking first entrance to the acropolis
(Middle Bronze Age)
#080202 8

Southwest gate of Ebla. Large orthostats flanking first entrance to the acropoli...

Corridor of administrative buildings                   
in Ebla. Excavations of the Area Q,                    
probably the palace of the Middle Bronze Age
#080202 9

Corridor of administrative buildings in Ebla. Excavations of...

Southwest gate of Ebla.                                
Inner narrow passages.                                 
Decorative use of black and                            
white slabs (Middle Bronze Age).
#08020210

Southwest gate of Ebla. Inner narrow passages....

View from the Guard House towards                      
the Acropolis (Bronze Age) of Ebla, Syria
#08020211

View from the Guard House towards the Acropolis (Bronze Ag...